Action for Media Education. This Washington-based nonprofit organization offers an extensive list of media literacy resources for educators. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to keep up with current media literacy activities both here in our state as well as nationally.
California Department of Education Media Literacy Resources. As a result of legislation passed in 2019, California is now compiling a collection of resources for teachers, teacher-librarians, administrators, and others. These resources include media literacy curriculum, collections of media literacy lessons, and media production resources.
Copyright and Creativity for Ethical Digital Citizens. The Copyright and Creativity curricula were initially developed by the Internet Keep Safe Coalition (iKeepSafe), an education nonprofit founded to promote online safety. Research results indicating the positive impact of these materials are also cited.
Critical Media Project. Resources for educators from USC Annenberg examine media literacy and issues such as gender, race and ethnicity, and sexual orientation.
Media Education Lab. Renee Hobbs, University of Rhode Island, and her colleagues have produced a wide variety of media literacy resources for K-12 teachers.
Media Smarts. Free online teacher resources and classroom tools from Canada’s Center for Digital and Media Literacy.
MediaWise. This digital literacy project offers curriculum material designed to help teens navigate the internet, sorting misinformation and disinformation.
NAMLE Resource Hub. National Association for Media Literacy Education provides regular updates about media literacy activities as well as new resources being made available by organizations throughout the US.
Project Look Sharp. Project Look Sharp is a media literacy initiative of Ithaca College. Check out the free lesson plans, kits and handouts they make available for different age groups.
Rock Your World. Inspire student action around human rights issues; resources for developing documentaries, PSAs, media campaigns and more can be found here. This is a project of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.
Stanford History Education Project (SHEG). SHEG has conducted extensive research examining students’ civic reasoning as they navigate the internet. These researchers have concluded that a new approach to digital literacy is needed. They offer a variety of lessons plans and assessments that can be used in the classroom.
